5/27/2013

"What kind of party is this, Morgan? And why does everybody call me Lyndee? And why do I have a dress? And why do I look like a girl? I do not understand. It is not supposed to be like this, is it?"

"Calm down, Lyndee! Everything is going to be fine, and I will explain it all to you.

"See the old lady over there, in the dress with the orange flowers? She is the Mother Superior of the Ancient Order of Inanna. She was the one that changed you into a girl. You can go over and thank her later on."

"But I am not supposed to be a girl, am I? I am Chase Lyndon. I am the CEO of Lyndon International. I own this mansion. Don't I?"

"No, Lyndee, you are Mr. Lyndon's young assistant. I am sure you will remember in time."

"No! I am Chase! Please tell Amanda that I am Chase, her husband. She does not believe me!"

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"Oh, darling, don't cry! You are just a little confused. I would not talk to Amanda if I were you. You know, she got a little upset after he caught him in bed with Renate, his secretary. Maybe she will think you were one of his lovers too."

"But where is Chase? I mean, where am I? Oh, I am so confused."

"But didn't they tell you? This is the funeral of Chase Lyndon. We buried him this morning."

"But I am here. I am alive! And if this is a funeral, why aren't we all dressed in black?"

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"Sweet, sweet Lyndee, you have such a good heart. Chase was a cruel, bastard, Lyndee. We are celebrating the fact that he now has moved to a -- let's say -- better place."

5/23/2013

- We are very worried about your son, Mrs. Gilmore. You know that it is absolutely essential that we in the shapeshifter community keep our existence secret.

God knows what would happen if the muggles learned to know about us: persecution, lynch mobs, scientific experiments.

So what happened? How could you even think of sending him to that summer camp? Hell, they started a search and rescue operation for your "missing son", while she was sitting there, hysterical, being accused of entering a boys' camp illegally.

- I hadn't told him.

- Speak up, Mrs. Gilmore! I can hardly hear you.

- I hadn't told him! I was so ashamed. I have never told him that he is a shifter.

Cap No. 2

- But seriously, you know that he was bound to change sometime during his 18th year. It happens to all of us. You have to prepare them.

And now Matt is all out of control, spending most of his time as Martina, dancing, partying, flirting. You haven't taught him how to control her, have you? And all because you would not admit to your own mistake.

- I am so sorry. I can't tell him about that.

- Well, you have to tell him! That you got knocked up in your alternate state, and that's why you lost your ability to change back.

- But it is so embarrassing....

Cap No.3

- Well, someone has to inform him, because you haven't told him about condoms, either, have you? Too embarrassing, my ass!

5/20/2013

I talk to Cheryl of Tranisa about making TG movies.This is the poster for their recent magical transformation movie.Click to enlarge!

Tranisa is one of the very few producers of erotic TG movies in the English language part of this market. I talked to Cheryl about story lines, filming, porn stars and the future of Tranisa.

Q: Tranisa has established itself as one of the major producers of what we probably could call softcore MTF transgender erotica. What made you start this enterprise?

A: For many years I had wanted to create a range of transgender fantasy films which were 'tasteful' and fun. I have never seen any available anywhere and had no idea if there was a market for them.

I had all the kit and skills required but no idea of how to actually go about all the admin and logistics behind making such films. I started working for a client about 5 years ago filming and editing hard core films for a famous UK sex site and soon learned the business. I was introduced to the models we use and it went from there. It is one of those industries where I think you have to be introduced to by someone in order to get into it and understand it all. It has been a real learning curve, but fun.

Paige Turnah and Sapphire Blue.From Rosemary's Tranny.

Q: You have mostly produced films with a focus on crossdressing and feminization of men. In Rosemary's Tranny you have -- for the first time, I believe -- made use of another motive from transgender erotica: The magical transformation. What made you do this, and in what way does this pose different challenges for you as a movie maker?

A. I guess we are really trying to create a movie out of the niche of TG Caption erotica, which does feature magical transformations as well as real female models playing the part of the transformed male.

There does seem to be quite an interest in using real girls to play the transformed males rather than making use of a transsexual model. Maybe using a transsexual model or even a male dressed up is simply not enough to make the fantasy work for TG Caption enthusiasts? So I knew that there is an interest in this type of genre, it is itself a niche within the world of transgender erotica.

As this was our first magical film it was a real challenge to think up a story where magic would be a justified use of transformation. I have always been interested in horror and exploitation films and so applied my interest to the film, as I did with Shock Transformation and Sexchange Experiment Camp.

The real problem was adding all of the green screen special effects and other visuals to make it a fun movie. It took ages to edit, far more than our regular Tranisa films. If I was to do another magical one I'd have to have some suggestions as to what story to follow.

Q: You are working with some very known stars from the British adult industry. Rosemary's Tranny features Paige Turnah and Sapphire Blue. I am sure some of my readers would really like to know how that feels. Moreover, how did you get to know them?

A: I was on holiday recently and I let out to out tour guide that I make erotic films and I work with Paige Turnah sometimes. He was amazed, as he put it "God Paige Turnah is famous". He was very curious about me after that conversation LOL.

Tranisa has also made some TG caps based on their movies.Click on image to enlarge!

When filming I have no time to think about how well known the models are as I'm too stressed out. All of the models we use are very professional and talented at what they do. Not many people can do what they do. They really enjoy filming with us and do work very hard at giving their best.

Paige Turnah is very friendly and a joy to work with, I do put her on a pedestal as she really is a goddess in my view. All of the female models are full of energy which rubs off on you. Their energy lasts with me for several days after a shoot.

I got to know Paige and the other models from working with them on hard core shoots. The girls are all very nice people and I feel honoured to work with them. Sadly I don't do these hard shoots any more as the recession has hit hard and my client now manages without my talents.

Q: Have some of them asked you what all of this feminization and transformation stuff is about?

A: On our first filming day almost three years ago the two models didn't know anything about the transgender fantasy scene. When I first approached one of the models she said,"You want me to dress as a boy?", as she really didn't understand what I was going on about LOL.

Upon explaining she was quite amazed and could not wait to get started. On that day I had a post op friend on set with me. At the break the female model asked to see her post op vagina so they went off into the toilets for study. The transgender scene is very far removed from their own lives so it is something very different for them.

Filming a scene with Paige Turnah

Q: You know I love that wonderful British humor that permeates you movies and some of the dialogue is very funny in an understated kind of way. Do the actors improvise or do you write a complete script for them?

A: It is a bit of both. The scenes are scripted (Paige never reads the scripts, but manages very well) and we walk through it all.

Some of our best material is when we just give a very brief outline and the girls just make it up as they go. It comes across very naturally that way. Just like the way the American comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm is filmed really.

Q: In Rosemary's Tranny your team has clearly put a lot of effort into props and surroundings. There are Renaissance magical diagrams and drawings, candles and pentagrams. Where do you find all this stuff?

Reproductions of old manuscripts are used to findoccult symbols.

A: The images were from very old works from around 1750, so no copyright issues. Seek and you shall find.....Ebay is a great place to find cheap props.

Q: Do you plan to make more movies of this kind, i.e. where the main male character is physically changed into a woman?

A: I would like to. We have to see how popular this one is first.

All of the films are very expensive to make. If you imagine we pay the models their daily rate and their expenses, together with studio hire, equipment hire and admin costs. So they have to pay for themselves so as we can continue making them.

I think we have approx 75 films so far including the You Will Dress films. I hope to keep going for as long as people like and buy our films.

While most Tranisa movies are about crossdressing,some also includes a physical transformation.Click on cap to enlarge!

Q: There is clearly a market for transgender erotica, and looking at the statistics for my own site, I realize that there are millions of "crossdreamers" out there. Where do you find the majority of your customers? In Europe? In the US?

A: All over the world, there seems to be no main area. It is a universal interest that goes across all cultures.

The non English speaking countries also purchase the films too. We have many sold in Japan.

Q: You have stuck to the less explicit kind of adult erotica, and I understand there are good reasons for this. But do you think there is a marked for more hard core TG movies? Japan's adult industry seems to produce a new body swap movie every month (all of them more or less alike), while the Western industry has not seen this market.

A: Well the hard core films are about twice as costly to make and we found they are harder to sell. The market is swamped with hard core trans films and they all look the same, it's all one big blurr.

We did a few hard core Tranisa films but they were hard to shift.

We also had complaints from customers asking us to keep them softcore. I think eroticism is more important for the transgender fan, verbal triggers are also very important. Hard core fans are well used to seeing it all for free on the Tube sites and don't want to pay for it.

Also with hard core content there are many, many problems and there is always someone out there trying to prevent you from making them. When the shit hits the fan with hard core you find you have no friends when dealing with any legal problems.

Q: So where does you and Tranisa go from here? What are your plans?

A: Well good question. I don't know. I just enjoy making films. With each filming session I really want to improve on my last film releases. I hope the fans continue to write to me giving me ideas and suggestions. The response has been very good and fans go out of their way to tell me how they enjoy the films.

5/14/2013

Rocker Mandy Harris finds a new life together with Annabellain Music of the Soul.

After I finished Erik Schubach's novel Music of the SoulI stared considering the following question:

Does there have to be a transformation in a story for it to count as TG fiction?

There are no magical or surgical changes in Music of the Soul, but I could not help reading it as a TG novel.

Maybe it was the fact that the author is a male writing a lesbian love story that made me think this way, or maybe my mind is wired to look for transgender patterns.

I know that our female to male brethren -- the girlfags -- write and read stories that do not include sex changes. They just identify themselves with one of the gay male characters in their yaoi comics.

Whether Schubach is associated with the TG fiction community or not is therefore irrelevant. I read it as a great TG love story, and so can you.

This is the story about Mandy Harris, hard core rocker, who has retired, tired of her old life. She has a lot of unresolved issues, though, and and is no way a happy woman.

Meeting the deaf girl Annabella changes all that. Annabella has her own pain, but she is also an intense, lively and immensely loveable character who manages to drag Mandy out of her shell.

I know that Schubach insists that this is not an erotic novel, due to the lack of purely pornographic scenes. I beg to differ. This is a intensely erotic novel, describing the love between two women in a tender and compassionate way.

I know that there are many people in TG circles who argue that men can never really understand women and their approach to love. I beg to differ, again. I think we all share a common humanity, and that it is probably easier for male to female crossdreamers to empathize with the lives of women than men in general.

Schubach discovered to his own surprise that his book ranked No. 10 in the "Lesbian Romance" category over at Amazon. So if the female bodied lesbians out there love it, I guess the male bodied ones will embrace it too.

5/12/2013

Frank is having a hard time competing with Gregory, his boss and lover boy of the office. It is not that he has to compete exactly. He is a married man, after, but his wife is not happy with his rather reactive -- but kind -- lifestyle either.

This is, of course, exactly the kind of situations the priestesses of the Order of Inanna were trained to handle. Maybe they can help him develop his inner potential in a better and more curvaceous way.

This a 100 page long graphic novel. You do not have to read it all in one go!

5/09/2013

Here is Ed making jokes about Rosemary's skills as a witch. If he only had read Rebecca's World, he would have realized how risky that is.

Cheryl and her friends over at Tranisa.com has made their first TG movie with a magical transformation theme, and it is very sexy, indeed.

Mind you; It is softcore. The Tranisa movies develops a kind of fantasy tableaus, and it is up to you to imagine the rest.

The build up of tensions is wonderfully done, though. It is very erotic.

We meet Ed by the fire place with Rosemary, him helping her out with some paper work.

Given that Rosemary is played by curvy Paige Turnah, it is not surprising that he is a little bit distracted. Rosemary is strictly lesbian, though, and any more intimate affiliation is definitely out of the question.